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Born 1880
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
MARTINUS ANDERSON (1880) farms 280 acres of land in Lucas township, a short distance west of Cottonwood. The farm is the southeast quarter of section 6. He was born on the adjoining farm, the homestead of his father, October 14, 1880. With the exception of a few months spent in Colorado and Canada, Martinus has always lived in this vicinity. The farm on which he now resides he has farmer since 1905 and he has since made many improvements on it, including a large barn built in 1912. v
Gabriel Anderson, the father of our subject, superintend the farming of the home place, although he resides in Cottonwood. He is one of the largest land owners of Lyon county, having purchased about 1600 acres since taking up his residence here. He was born in Norway and came to America when one year old. He came to Lyon county in the early seventies and was one of the first settlers of Lucas township. The mother of our subject is Margaret (Olson) Anderson, a native of Fillmore county, Minnesota.
The oldest child of the Anderson family, Edward, was drowned when five years old. The other children are Martinus, Mrs. Bernard Dahl, Mrs. J. Von Williams, Mabel, Joseph, Henrietta and Hartford.
Martinus Anderson was married at Granite Falls, Minnesota, October 18, 1905, to Annie Wangsness, a native of Fillmore county. Their only child, Gifford J., died at the age of five months.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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